Hadoop

Blog| by Avi Patwardhan

Today, energy and utility companies are relying on Hadoop to help curb energy consumption, reduce energy loss and add...

Today, energy and utility companies are relying on Hadoop to help curb energy consumption, reduce energy loss and add more clean power to the grid. Using big data and analytics, organizations can empower users to understand their energy usage and give them the chance to...

Big Data Education

Big Data & Analytics Heroes

“Roof stability and effective support is quite a challenge,” declares Ben Snyman, VP of Underground Mining and Smart...

“Roof stability and effective support is quite a challenge,” declares Ben Snyman, VP of Underground Mining and Smart Services at Joy Global and this week’s Big Data Hero. “If the roof has a problem, production halts. We cannot afford to wait around for a report telling us...

Big Data Education

Big Data & Analytics Heroes

Intersect360 Research studies the opportunities for high performance technologies, including high performance computing...

Intersect360 Research studies the opportunities for high performance technologies, including high performance computing areas in science, engineering and business. CEO Addison Snell (this week’s IBM Big Data and Analytics Hero) shares his insights with us.
What are some of...

Hadoop

Blog| by Avi Patwardhan

Big data (data from many sources, of varying formats, both structured and unstructured) means different things in...

Big data (data from many sources, of varying formats, both structured and unstructured) means different things in different industries. But as different as their needs and usage of big data may be, there is one commonality among all industries: the opportunity to plumb big...

Big Data Technology

Blog| by Kim Minor

We certainly live in a connected world. It always amazes me when I see how smarter enterprises are using the highly...

We certainly live in a connected world. It always amazes me when I see how smarter enterprises are using the highly interconnected, intelligent and instrumented qualities of today’s technology to make our world a better place: the way we interact changes, how we approach...

Big Data Education

Big Data & Analytics Heroes

Nitesh ChawlaFounder, Aunalytics and Associate Professor at University of Notre Dame

Nitesh ChawlaFounder, Aunalytics and Associate Professor at University of Notre Dame

Personalized healthcare, learning engagement analytics and climate change are a few of the areas where this week’s Big...

Personalized healthcare, learning engagement analytics and climate change are a few of the areas where this week’s Big Data & Analytics Hero Nitesh Chawla has uncovered “gold nuggets.” Learn more about his experiences and see what he thinks is still missing for big data...

Big Data Use Cases

Blog| by Mark van Rijmenam

The amount of data created is growing rapidly and it is expected that in 2020 we will create a minimum of 40 trillion...

The amount of data created is growing rapidly and it is expected that in 2020 we will create a minimum of 40 trillion gigabytes; 40 percent of all this data is expected to come from sensors or machine-to-machine data. All of this data will significantly impact global...

Sophisticated analytics are enabling renewable energy companies with deeper insight which helps them better manager the variable nature of wind and solar, and more accurately forecast the amount of energy that can be redirected into the power grid or stored.

Big Data Use Cases

Blog| by Elliott McClements

The issue of security for the energy and utility industry has historically focused on the physical security of its...

The issue of security for the energy and utility industry has historically focused on the physical security of its sites and keeping hackers from accessing the IT environment. This has been reasonably easy to manage as there are limited endpoints, many of which operate in...

Big Data Research

Blog| by David Pittman

Since big data is still relatively new technology, many of you are conducting research and seeking quality educational...

Since big data is still relatively new technology, many of you are conducting research and seeking quality educational resources. That's apparent in this list of the 10 most popular analyst reports, ebooks and white papers. We are proud to offer such an extensive library -...

Analytics

Blog| by Anuj Marfatia

This past weekend, as the United States of America celebrated its 237th birthday, I bonded with some of my closest...

This past weekend, as the United States of America celebrated its 237th birthday, I bonded with some of my closest companions – family, friends, music, assorted drinks, and junk food for most of the weekend. Though, one unwelcome friend was the massive heat wave that...

Blog| by Jeff Nedwick

Looking to harness the power of big data to drive new business models in the energy and utility industry?
Need to...

Looking to harness the power of big data to drive new business models in the energy and utility industry?
Need to enhance operational delivery and define new approaches to distributed generation?
Attend the “How big data is changing the utility landscape” webinar from the...

Big Data Research

White papers & Reports

Organizations in the petroleum industry are no strangers to large volumes of data. With the right technology solutions...

Organizations in the petroleum industry are no strangers to large volumes of data. With the right technology solutions, these companies can move beyond traditional real-time monitoring to more agile real-time prediction. By rapidly analyzing incoming technical and business...

Big Data Use Cases

Blog| by David Buck

For energy & utilities firms, big data is not software or a product or even a technology. It’s a business strategy...

For energy & utilities firms, big data is not software or a product or even a technology. It’s a business strategy - a long-term, executive-level commitment to treat information as a strategic asset with IT providing the resources needed to bring it to life.